Benefits Liaison Group

The Purpose

The Benefits Liaison Group is intended to contribute to shared governance by providing
a sounding board for full discussion of issues, and who knows or comes to know and
understand the fringe benefits offerings at Michigan Tech. It is an avenue to learn
the issues and evaluate the possible options given the limited resources.

The Charge

To review and evaluate the current fringe benefit package which includes but may not
be limited to retirement, health/dental/vision, and wellness.

To provide recommendations to the Associate Vice President for Administration on fringe
benefit plans to attract and retain exceptional faculty and staff talent. The BLG
will contribute in a collaborative manner that takes into account developing recommendations
that will be cost effective given the University’s competing resources. The recommendations
must include supporting information. The BLG is encouraged to benchmark with institutions
that the University competes with for talented faculty and staff. Also the BLG may
consider developing surveys and creating focus groups, if appropriate. The BLG should
offer several options, with cost considerations for the employee/retiree/University.

To provide an update annually to the campus community. The update should be widely
publicized two (2) weeks prior to the event. The update should include the introduction
of the members, the charge, the activities of the past year, any recommendations,
and other relevant events/activities.

Members

Jane Berner, Retiree (Administration Representative)

Mari Buche, Associate Professor, School of Business (Provost Representative)